66.5k views
1 vote
True or false, the duct of wirsung and the duct of santorini enter the duodenum together

1 Answer

6 votes

Final answer:

The duct of Wirsung and the duct of Santorini do not enter the duodenum together; the duct of Wirsung enters via the hepatopancreatic ampulla, while the duct of Santorini enters at a separate location above it.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that the duct of Wirsung and the duct of Santorini enter the duodenum together is false. The main pancreatic duct, also known as the duct of Wirsung, merges with the common bile duct to form the hepatopancreatic ampulla (ampulla of Vater) which then opens into the duodenum at the major duodenal papilla. The accessory duct, or the duct of Santorini, is indeed a smaller duct that can also open into the duodenum, but it does so above the hepatopancreatic ampulla, at a separate location from where the duct of Wirsung enters.

User Nucandrei
by
8.6k points